LIFE CARE CENTER OF SOUTH HILL
LIFE CARE CENTER OF SOUTH HILL is a 100-bed nursing home in PUYALLUP, Washington. CMS has certified it for Medicare and Medicaid since 2015-06-24. It averages 97.6 residents a day.
What harm was found in the violations cited at LIFE CARE CENTER OF SOUTH HILL?
CMS lists 29 health-inspection deficiencies for LIFE CARE CENTER OF SOUTH HILL, all of them in the three years to 2026-08-01: the highest scope-and-severity letter on record is G; the most recent health inspection was 2025-11-21.
| Survey date | Tag | Deficiency | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-21 | F0585, F0600, F0656, F0684, F0692, F0695, F0761 | Honor the resident's right to voice grievances without discrimination or reprisal and the facility must establish a grievance policy and make prompt efforts to resolve grievances. / Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody. / Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured. / Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals. / Provide enough food/fluids to maintain a resident's health. / Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed. / Ensure drugs and biologicals used in the facility are labeled in accordance with currently accepted professional principles; and all drugs and biologicals must be stored in locked compartments, separately locked, compartments for controlled drugs. | D |
| 2025-11-13 | F0684 | Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals. | D |
| 2024-10-31 | F0760 | Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors. | G |
| 2024-10-31 | F0656, F0684, F0692, F0757, F0758, F0880, F0881 | Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured. / Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals. / Provide enough food/fluids to maintain a resident's health. / Ensure each resident’s drug regimen must be free from unnecessary drugs. / Implement gradual dose reductions(GDR) and non-pharmacological interventions, unless contraindicated, prior to initiating or instead of continuing psychotropic medication; and PRN orders for psychotropic medications are only used when the medication is necessary and PRN use is limited. / Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program. / Implement a program that monitors antibiotic use. | E |
| 2024-10-31 | F0578, F0641, F0693, F0695 | Honor the resident's right to request, refuse, and/or discontinue treatment, to participate in or refuse to participate in experimental research, and to formulate an advance directive. / Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment. / Ensure that feeding tubes are not used unless there is a medical reason and the resident agrees; and provide appropriate care for a resident with a feeding tube. / Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed. | D |
| 2024-10-31 | F0732 | Post nurse staffing information every day. | C |
| 2024-10-31 | F0623, F0625 | Provide timely notification to the resident, and if applicable to the resident representative and ombudsman, before transfer or discharge, including appeal rights. / Notify the resident or the resident’s representative in writing how long the nursing home will hold the resident’s bed in cases of transfer to a hospital or therapeutic leave. | B |
| 2024-09-16 | F0609, F0610, F0658, F0660 | Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities. / Respond appropriately to all alleged violations. / Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality. / Plan the resident's discharge to meet the resident's goals and needs. | D |
| 2023-10-12 | F0812 | Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards. | E |
| 2023-10-12 | F0698 | Provide safe, appropriate dialysis care/services for a resident who requires such services. | D |
Why was LIFE CARE CENTER OF SOUTH HILL fined?
| Date | Type | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-13 | Fine | $17,388 |
How is LIFE CARE CENTER OF SOUTH HILL staffed?
| Measure | This facility | WA average |
|---|---|---|
| Total nurse staffing hours per resident per day | 4.79634 | 4.36934 |
| Total nursing staff turnover (%) | 40.2 | 45.1 |
| Average number of residents per day | 97.6 | 76.0 |
Who owns LIFE CARE CENTER OF SOUTH HILL, and what chain is it in?
LIFE CARE CENTER OF SOUTH HILL is registered with CMS as For profit - Corporation, operates under the legal business name SOUTH HILL OPERATIONS LLC and belongs to the LIFE CARE CENTERS OF AMERICA chain.
| Role | Owner | Association date |
|---|---|---|
| DIRECT OWNERSHIP INTEREST | DEVELOPERS INVESTMENT COMPANY INC | since 07/30/2014 |
| INDIRECT OWNERSHIP INTEREST | PRESTON, FORREST | since 07/30/2014 |
| MANAGING CONTROL - GOVERNING BODY | BUTNER, NANCY, MEDINA, ALEXANDER, SUWANEH, ALHAJI | since 04/04/2022 |
| CORPORATE OFFICER | CROSS, CINDY, HENRY, TERRY, LAY, LISA, SWANKER, RICHARD, THURMOND, JOAN | since 02/09/2018 |
| OPERATIONAL/MANAGERIAL CONTROL | DEVELOPERS INVESTMENT COMPANY INC, LIFE CARE CENTERS OF AMERICA, INC., BUTNER, NANCY, FLETCHER, TODD, MEDINA, ALEXANDER, PRESTON, AUBREY, SCHMITZ, BRADLEY, SUWANEH, ALHAJI, ZIEGLER, JAMES | since 04/04/2022 |
| ADP OF THE SNF | LIFE CARE CENTERS OF AMERICA, INC., MEDINA, ALEXANDER, PRESTON, FORREST, SCHMITZ, BRADLEY | since 04/01/2025 |
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